A poverty stricken family faced the wrath of the neighbour and was threatened to be driven out of the village following one member in the family who is a Surat returnee, was asked to stay in home isolation.
Shantilata Bahalia, a resident of Chadheiguan village lodged an FIR at the Mahakalapada police station in this regard. Shantilata in her FIR said her elder son Mohan Bahalia, who was working in Surat, returned three months back to the village, after completing his stay at Government TMC and following home quarantine protocol.Recently, her elder son was suffering from cold for which he underwent swab test. Later, he was advised to follow home isolation for a period of 17 days. When the matter came to the notice of the neighbour, they started ill treating to her family.On Saturday, while her youngest son, Madam Baha lia, was washing his hand ,after taking meal ,her neighbour Umesh Bahalia and his family members allegedly threw water to him. When she went to bring the matter to the father of Umesh, she was scolded with slang, Shantilata told.She further said Umesh’s cousin brother Saibalya Ranjan Bahalia allegedly attacked her son, Madan, with a bamboo stick and her son sustained head injury. When she went to save her son, she was also assaulted and threatened of dire consequence. The Mahakalapada police said a case has been registered and an inquiry was on.